Thanks for all the kind works and advice. it feels great to be on a good path of weight loss, i have been banded before and went down to 162.. then after 6yrs it flipped and it had to come out. the weight along with hypothyroidism just came back on in a matter of a year. I agree with you all on one thing, tummy does get fuller quick considering it is the size of a banana maybe lol. My first wk they had me on all fluids, now second wk they want me to be all full liquids including soups. The gas is not fun at all.